Hero Dog, Sage - Disaster Trained Dog and Cancer Survivor

K-9 Sage is 12
years old and has served her community and her nation heroically her entire
life. She passed the FEMA Canine Readiness Evaluation at 18 months and was
called to the Pentagon as part of New Mexico Task Force 1 in the recovery
efforts following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Sage’s missions have included
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, searching for missing or captured U.S. soldiers
in Iraq (for the U.S. Army), and numerous local missing-person searches. In
2009, Sage was diagnosed with two types of lung cancer, believed to be the
result of searching several highly toxic sites. Her newest mission is
inspiring cancer patients and survivors. She is the children’s hero at a
cancer camp, showing that their illness doesn’t have to dampen their
fun-loving spirits. And she walks energetically alongside cancer survivors
at “Relay for Life” events.